Local Government
Kulin
Region
Wheatbelt
Jilakin
Kulin
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 19 Mar 1997 | Category 5 |
Category 5 |
The sites represent a way of life no longer practiced.
The phone exchange facilitated an important
communication link throughout the countryside. Usually operated by the woman on the farm, it also
provided a valuable social link for the otherwise isolated women, in the mid 1950s, CW Parker
retired, and the phone exchange moved from his place (Loc 6318) to Howe's place over the road.
(Loc 1092)
Site
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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WE Greble; "A Bold Yeomanry Social Change in a Wheatbelt District Kulin 1848-1970". | Shire of Kulin | 1979 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Telecommunications |
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